Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Prefectura de Wakayama

Haruki Nishikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Toshihiro Nikai is a Japanese politician for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the leader of the LDP Shisuikai faction, and currently serving as the Secretary-General of Prime Minister Suga's first cabinet. He was previously the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Nikai is currently serving in his eighth term in the Lower House representing Wakayama's Third District.

Katsuyuki Konishi es un seiyū japonés, afiliado a Ken Production. Debutó en 1997 con el rol de Volfogg/Big Volfogg en The King of Braves GaoGaiGar. En la novena edición de los Seiyū Awards, Konishi fue galardonado, junto con su colega Toshiyuki Morikawa, con el premio a "Mejor actor de reparto" por sus trabajos en Akame ga Kill! y D-frag.

Takao Saito nacido el 3 de noviembre de 1936 en Wakayama, Japón es un mangaka japonés. Es más conocido por su más exitoso trabajo llamado Golgo 13. Está casado con la artista Setsuko Yamada .

Sanma Akashiya , seudónimo de Takafumi Sugimoto , es un comediante japonés. Está considerado uno de los tres comediantes más populares de la televisión japonesa del siglo XX, junto con Takeshi Kitano y Tamori.

Hideto Takarai ,conocido hasta principios de 2002 únicamente como Hyde, es un músico, actor y productor japonés reconocido principalmente por ser el vocalista de la banda de j-rock L'Arc~en~Ciel desde su agrupación en 1991, además de formar VAMPS y poseer una carrera en solitario desde el 2001.

Heizō Takenaka is a Japanese economist, retired politician, and political activist. last serving as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. As of July 2007, he is a professor at Keio University and an advisor for other academic institutions and companies.

Yoshitomo "Yoshi" Tsutsugo is a Japanese professional baseball left fielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), where he was the youngest player in BayStars franchise history to reach 100, 150, and 200 home runs. On July 22, 2016 Tsutsugo became the first player in Nippon Professional Baseball history to have three straight multiple home run games, and in the same month he also became the first to have six multiple home run games in a month.

Junko Terashima , known professionally as Sumiko Fuji is a Japanese actress. She originally began acting under the name Junko Fuji , becoming famous as the female lead in yakuza films opposite such stars as Kōji Tsuruta and Ken Takakura. She even starred in her own series as the sword-wielding gambler Red Peony in the Hibotan Bakuto series. Initially retiring in 1972 after getting married, she began appearing on TV in 1974 under her real name. She later returned to films in 1989 using the name Sumiko Fuji, and expanded her acting repertoire. She won a Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actress in 1999 and 2006. She is married to the kabuki actor Onoe Kikugorō VII and is the mother of the actress Shinobu Terajima and the kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V.

Rei Okamoto is Japanese model and actress who stars as Mia Amagishi in Akai Ito. She also appears in the NHK Asadora Jun to Ai (2012).